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A. J. HARRISUN.

Horse Hay-Fork.

Patented Jan. 5, 1869..

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Letters Patent No. 85,658, dated January? 1869.

DIPROVEDIENT IN HORSE HAY-FORKS.

m Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making par or thesame.

To qJLwhom it concern.-

Be it known that I, A. J. HARRISON, of Cadiz, in the county of Harrison,and in the Stat-e'of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Horse Hay-Fork, and do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference heing'had tothe accompanying drawings, and'to the letters of reference markedthereon.

Thenature of my-inveneiorrconsists in the construe--- tion of a hay-forkwithout any head running horizon- 4 as in other hay-forks.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which to make and usethe same, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation,referring to the annexed drawings, which form a part of thisspecification, and in which- Figure 1 is a sectional view of thespring-bolt used,

view of the fork. which, with the prongs Figure 2 is a perspective Arepresents the handle, B, is all made of iron.

The prongs, one on each side of the handle, are

- widened at the handle, sufliciently bent down and back, and thenceforward with the proper curve, forming a compound sickle-tine.

The handle is very short, being, in a full-sized fork,

The arms of th bail O are bolted to the handle, a short distance fromthe prongs, extending thence forward over the top of the fork, with theend of the bail turned upward, to which the rope is attached.

A catch, D, extends from about the centre of the bail, over the handle,and between the prongs, which catches on a spring-bolt, E, under thehandle.

The bolt E is thrown forward by a rubber,- I confined in a slot in thebolt, which, by pressing the bail down, latches itself.

The slack-rope G around a pulley, H, in the handle, .tion. of. thepower.

is attached to the bolt, and run to change the direc- This is animprovement over all sickle-tine forksf it being a' compoundsickle-tine, which avoids the necessity of wooden or iron heads,extending horizontally across the fork, making it clumsy and heavy, theformer head liable to split, and the latter too heavy, and the ends ofwhich are liable to catch on beams.

My improvement, further, is very light, weighing only about twelvepounds, is easily managed, all iron, takes a large load, and cleans upwell. Having thus fully described my invention,

' What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- Thearrangement of the handle A, prongs B B, bail O, catch D, and bolt E,all constructed andcornbined as described, and operating as and for thepurposes herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my hand,this 5th day of August, 1868.

g A. J. HARRISON.

Witnesses: I

ELI T. SrrEPPAnn, Lnoronn Evsn'r.

